CUPS does not accept my username/password
Hi, all.
I accessed the CUPS management page via my web browser on 127.0.0.1:631, and clicked on the "Do Administration Tasks" link. I was asked to log in, but none of the username / password combinations I've tried have worked (current user, root user, lp with either of these passwords, current user with root password, any of the above with no password, etc).
Thanks, Rob |
For the administrative access, CUPS will accept you username/password if the username is in the "sys" or "root" group by default. So, the "root" account should be able to login. The fact that it didn't for you, means that the default might have been changed by your distro's vendor. Look in
Code:
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf Code:
#SystemGroup sys The account "lp" is indeed used by CUPS but it is not an account that you can (or should) login to. So, better not to set a password for it, either. Eric |
Thanks for the answer, but I'm afraid I'm still having no luck.
The SystemGroup line that you mentioned is set to lp rather than sys, though this is commented out: Code:
#SystemGroup lp Code:
# You definitely will want to limit access to the administration functions. Rob PS I tried un-commenting the SystemGroup line in cupsd.conf, but this didn't work either. Got an aspirin? :( |
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